What is Docker? Docker is software that runs on Linux and Windows. It creates, manages, and can even orchestrate containers. The software is currently built from various tools from the open-source ...

Python-dotenv (Keep your secrets safe) Do you know how to keep your secrets safe during development and production? In this article, I am going to guide you on how to work with SECRETS and KEYS wit...

What is Napalm? NAPALM (Network Automation and Programmability Abstraction Layer with Multi-vendor support) is a Python library that implements a set of functions to interact with different network...

Learn how to use Ansible Vault to encrypt sensitive data, such as passwords and API keys, in your Ansible playbooks and inventory files. This guide provides practical examples and best practices for securing your Ansible deployments.

Ansible for Network Automation Overview Automation is now a core part of network management, and Ansible offers a simple yet powerful way to achieve it. Designed first for servers and later extende...

YAML Basics for Ansible Beginners YAML (“YAML Ain’t Markup Language”) is the backbone of Ansible playbooks. It is simple, human-readable, and designed for configuration tasks. Let’s walk through th...

Ansible Vagrant Lab Setup This section guides you through setting up a virtual lab environment using Vagrant and VirtualBox (or VMware) to practice Ansible automation. Vagrant simplifies the proces...